polars.struct

polars.struct(exprs: Union[Sequence[Union[str, polars.internals.expr.Expr, polars.internals.series.Series]], polars.internals.expr.Expr], eager: Literal[True]) → polars.internals.series.Series

polars.struct(exprs: Union[Sequence[Union[str, polars.internals.expr.Expr, polars.internals.series.Series]], polars.internals.expr.Expr], eager: Literal[False]) → polars.internals.expr.Expr

polars.struct(exprs: Union[Sequence[Union[str, polars.internals.expr.Expr, polars.internals.series.Series]], polars.internals.expr.Expr], eager: bool = False) → Union[polars.internals.expr.Expr, polars.internals.series.Series]

Collect several columns into a Series of dtype Struct

Parameters

exprs

Columns/Expressions to collect into a Struct

eager

Evaluate immediately

Examples

>>> pl.DataFrame(
...     {
...         "int": [1, 2],
...         "str": ["a", "b"],
...         "bool": [True, None],
...         "list": [[1, 2], [3]],
...     }
... ).select([pl.struct(pl.all()).alias("my_struct")])
shape: (2, 1)
┌───────────────────────┐
│ my_struct             │
│ ---                   │
│ struct{int, ... list} │
╞═══════════════════════╡
│ {1,"a",true,[1, 2]}   │
├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ {2,"b",null,[3]}      │
└───────────────────────┘

Only collect specific columns as a struct:

>>> df = pl.DataFrame(
...     {"a": [1, 2, 3, 4], "b": ["one", "two", "three", "four"], "c": [9, 8, 7, 6]}
... )
>>> df.with_column(pl.struct(pl.col(["a", "b"])).alias("a_and_b"))
shape: (4, 4)
┌─────┬───────┬─────┬───────────────────────────────┐
│ a   ┆ b     ┆ c   ┆ a_and_b                       │
│ --- ┆ ---   ┆ --- ┆ ---                           │
│ i64 ┆ str   ┆ i64 ┆ struct[2]{'a': i64, 'b': str} │
╞═════╪═══════╪═════╪═══════════════════════════════╡
│ 1   ┆ one   ┆ 9   ┆ {1,"one"}                     │
├╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 2   ┆ two   ┆ 8   ┆ {2,"two"}                     │
├╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 3   ┆ three ┆ 7   ┆ {3,"three"}                   │
├╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌┼╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
│ 4   ┆ four  ┆ 6   ┆ {4,"four"}                    │
└─────┴───────┴─────┴───────────────────────────────┘

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